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</TD></TR><TR><TD vAlign=top width=452 colSpan=2>Published September 25, 2009
</TD></TR><TR><TD vAlign=top width=452 colSpan=2>Lunar mission finds signs of water on moon
Indian space agency Isro and Nasa to release statement on the discovery
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(BANGALORE) India's first lunar mission found evidence of water on the moon, a spokesman for the Indian Space Research Organisation (Isro) said yesterday.
'Our instruments such as the Moon Impact Probe and Nasa's Moon Mineralogy Mapper have found evidence of water on the moon,' S Satish said. 'The data obtained from these instruments show there is evidence of water.'
Isro was to release a statement later yesterday along with Nasa (National Aeronautics and Space Administration), the US space agency.
The London-based Times newspaper reported that the Indian probe - Chandrayaan-1 - had found evidence of large quantities of water on the lunar surface.
The discovery, which was to be detailed later yesterday by Nasa at a news conference, may change the face of lunar exploration, according to the report.
The unmanned craft was equipped with Nasa technology designed to search for water by picking up the electromagnetic radiation emitted by minerals, the newspaper said.
Data beamed back by the craft suggests that water may still be forming on the moon's surface, the Times said, citing scientists at Isro in the southern Indian city of Bangalore.
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</TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE>While several studies have suggested there may be ice in the craters around the moon's poles, scientists have been unable to confirm evidence of water, according to the report.
The Indian space agency lost contact with the probe last month and aborted the mission ahead of schedule. -- Bloomberg
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</TD></TR><TR><TD vAlign=top width=452 colSpan=2>Published September 25, 2009
</TD></TR><TR><TD vAlign=top width=452 colSpan=2>Lunar mission finds signs of water on moon
Indian space agency Isro and Nasa to release statement on the discovery
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'Our instruments such as the Moon Impact Probe and Nasa's Moon Mineralogy Mapper have found evidence of water on the moon,' S Satish said. 'The data obtained from these instruments show there is evidence of water.'
Isro was to release a statement later yesterday along with Nasa (National Aeronautics and Space Administration), the US space agency.
The London-based Times newspaper reported that the Indian probe - Chandrayaan-1 - had found evidence of large quantities of water on the lunar surface.
The discovery, which was to be detailed later yesterday by Nasa at a news conference, may change the face of lunar exploration, according to the report.
The unmanned craft was equipped with Nasa technology designed to search for water by picking up the electromagnetic radiation emitted by minerals, the newspaper said.
Data beamed back by the craft suggests that water may still be forming on the moon's surface, the Times said, citing scientists at Isro in the southern Indian city of Bangalore.
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The Indian space agency lost contact with the probe last month and aborted the mission ahead of schedule. -- Bloomberg
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